Scaphism

First mentioned by Plutarch as a Persian technique, scaphism is a quiet testament to mankind's gruesome worst. If a more heinous or outrageous technique exists, we'd rather not know about it.

The victim is tied naked to a boat, face up. They would have already been force-fed enough milk and honey to induce severe diarrhea -- torturous enough -- but it gets worse. Honey was then applied to areas like the groin and the armpits before the victim's vessel was set adrift in a stagnant pond. The diarrhea and the honey would attract insects, which fed off of the victim and eventually began to breed from within their flesh.

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